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Malpighian, a. Anat. and Bot.|mælˈpɪgɪən|
[f. Malpighi (see malpighiaceous) + -an.]
1. Anat. The distinctive epithet of certain structures discovered by Malpighi, and of others connected with these.
Malpighian bodies, Malpighian corpuscles: certain minute bodies in the substance of the kidney. Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen: the lymphatic corpuscles of that organ. Malpighian capsules (see quot. 1866). Malpighian layer: the inner layer of the epidermis. Malpighian pyramids: the medullary substance of the kidney, consisting of palish red-coloured, striated conical masses. Malpighian tubules: the uriniferous tubes of which the kidney is for the most part made up. Malpighian tuft: a vascular glomerule of convoluted capillary blood-vessels in the kidney.
1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 244 The Malpighian bodies consist of a rounded mass of minute blood-vessels. 1848Quain's Anat. (ed. 5) II. 1088 These little vesicles or capsules, formerly known as the Malpighian corpuscles of the spleen, were discovered in the pig by Malpighi. Ibid. 1191 These [small round dark red points] are the Malpighian bodies or corpuscles of the kidney. Ibid. 1196 Others look on a Malpighian tuft as merely an example of an artery breaking up into a rete mirabile. 1866Huxley Phys. v. §9 The tubules [of the kidney]..terminate in dilatations..called Malpighian capsules. 1877― Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 393 The intestine is provided with Malpighian tubules. 1878Foster Bk. Phys. ii. (1889) 687 The epidermis consists of..an inner soft layer, the Malpighian layer [etc.]. 1890H. Gray Anat. (ed. 12) 942 The tubuli uriniferi..finally terminate at the apices of the Malpighian pyramids.
2. Bot. in Malpighian cells: see quot.
1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 152/1 Malpighian Cells, those which compose the outer layer of the seed in Malpighiaceae. |